"The most unfortunate thing is that India still seems to believe in proprietary solutions. Further spread of IT which is influencing the daily life of individuals would have a devastating effect on the lives of society due to any small shift in the business practice involving these proprietory solutions. It is precisely for these reasons open source software need to be built which would be cost effective for the entire society.
In India, open source code software will have to come and stay in a big way for the benefit of our billion people."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
FOSSEE (Free/Libre and Open Source Software for Education) project promotes the use of FLOSS tools in academia and research. The FOSSEE project is part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. Below is the list of projects which are promoted by FOSSEE.
Note: Due to the shortage of funds, the FOSSEE Project is not in a position to pay you the honorarium for activities like Textbook Companion, Lab Migration and Niche Software Activities. However, we will continue to issue the e-certificate and give credits on our website for the contributions made. This policy will be effective for proposals accepted on or after 10 August 2020. Please note that the FOSSEE project may change this policy in the future.
Scilab |
Python |
eSim |
OpenFOAM |
DWSIM |
R |
OpenModelica |
Note: Due to the shortage of funds, the FOSSEE Project is not in a position to pay you the honorarium for activities like Textbook Companion, Lab Migration and Niche Software Activities. However, we will continue to issue the e-certificate and give credits on our website for the contributions made. This policy will be effective for proposals accepted on or after 10 August 2020. Please note that the FOSSEE project may change this policy in the future.
Scilab |
eSim |
OpenFOAM |
R |
DWSIM |
To popularise FLOSS in all colleges in India, we have initiated various activities that aim to convert typical projects undertaken by students as their final semester/year project or any mini project during undergraduate or higher studies. This can get good students attention from industry which can result in possible internship and subsequent employment. Some of these activities are
Note: Due to the shortage of funds, the FOSSEE Project is not in a position to pay you the honorarium for activities like Textbook Companion, Lab Migration and Niche Software Activities. However, we will continue to issue the e-certificate and give credits on our website for the contributions made. This policy will be effective for proposals accepted on or after 10 August 2020. Please note that the FOSSEE project may change this policy in the future.
International conference on Python for education and scientific computing to be held at IIT Bombay on 29 & 30 November, 2019 | View Here |
International conference on Python for education and scientific computing to be held at IIT Bombay on 21 & 22 December, 2018 | View Here |
National conference cum job fair on Chemical Process Simulation was held on 26 November, 2018 at IIT Bombay |